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1 Think about health and safety What elected members of local authorities need to know

2 What does health and safety mean to you? This?

3 Remember that there s much more to health and safety

4 Why think about health and safety? > Every year in the UK, many lives are lost or ruined by accidents at work > In a single recent year, there were 299,000 serious work accidents, including 233 deaths How many of these were in the community you re responsible for?

5 Who s responsible for health and safety in your local authority? Everyone! > The employer overall responsibility for health and safety > The chief executive responsibility for implementing and managing the health and safety strategy and policy for the authority > Line managers day to day responsibility for themselves, their employees and others, including members of the public > Employees responsibility for themselves and others

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7 Your role as an elected member What you say, do and decide can have a real impact on the health and safety standards of your: > workers > contractors > suppliers > service users > customers

8 Ask yourself... > Do I know enough about health and safety and the risks that people face in my authority? > Do I understand the health and safety issues in the service areas I m involved with? > Has my authority set the right health and safety strategy and budget? > Do I show commitment to health and safety when I talk to people in the service teams? > Have any decisions I ve made as an elected member put people at risk?

9 When things go wrong the law > As an employer, your authority has a legal duty to protect its workers and contractors, as well as the public > If your authority breaks health and safety law, it could be prosecuted or issued with an improvement or prohibition notice > If someone is killed, injured or made ill by their work, or a member of the public is harmed because of your authority s negligence, it could be taken to court

10 When things go wrong the cost of accidents You may have insurance to cover the cost of accidents, but you ll have to pay the indirect costs. These are often greater and include: > sick pay > extra wages or overtime > fines and legal costs > repairing damage to machines, equipment or property > increased insurance premiums

11 When things go wrong the cost of ill health Work-related ill health caused by common illnesses and medical conditions can: > reduce productivity > increase the cost of hiring new staff > result in civil claims or retirements with enhanced benefits These will all have an impact on your budget

12 When things go wrong the cost of ill health > The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development estimates that for local government sickness absence costs over 584 per worker per year > The biggest single cause of absence in local government is attributed to common mental health problems including anxiety, stress and depression, accounting for around 23 per cent of all days off work

13 The case of Barrow Borough Council > In 2002, an outbreak of legionnaire s disease at an arts and leisure centre run by Barrow led to seven deaths > The Council was fined 125,000 plus 90,000 costs > The design services manager was personally fined 15,000

14 The case of Barrow Borough Council The judge said: The failings... went all the way... to the top of the council in terms of its serving officers. It is likely they went beyond the officers to the councillors, because there is no evidence that there was proper attention given to health and safety within the borough Council leader Bill Joughin admitted: We had policies written on paper but... it was not part of the culture of the organisation, and there was no chain of command. We ticked all the boxes, but there was not a procedure which ensured it was all adhered to

15 Other recent cases > A borough council was fined 400,000 and costs of 30,000 after a contractor died as a result of being electrocuted > A city council was fined 125,000 plus 40,000 costs after a refuse lorry killed an 11-year-old > A county borough council was fined 60,000 plus 22,000 costs after poor maintenance and training were blamed for the death of a man in a care home

17 How can you help to get health and safety right? Policy Make sure your authority has a policy that: > defines the structure of health and safety risk management > says how it should function > identifies the people who have specific roles and responsibilities > is communicated to all employees > is reviewed periodically

18 How can you help to get health and safety right? Management It s recommended that your cabinet or executive should: > set targets for reducing injuries and ill health > get reports on specific incidents or accidents > get regular reports on health and safety performance > report publicly on health and safety performance

19 How can you help to get health and safety right? Advice Make sure you and your authority get: > the right advice from competent health and safety professionals > sound occupational health advice

20 How can you help to get health and safety right? Training > Training makes people safer and reduces accidents and incidents > Everyone needs some form of health and safety training: > elected members need to know their broad strategic responsibilities and recognise the resources needed > managers and supervisors need training to help them plan work safely and understand the implications if they don t > frontline employees need basic training, eg on safe systems of work

21 How can you help to get health and safety right? Sensible risk management isn t about: > stopping activities for trivial reasons and where the risks have been assessed > generating useless paperwork > creating a totally risk-free environment > scaring people by exaggerating trivial risks Does your authority make decisions based on the fear of litigation or on the basis of real risk?

22 How can you help to get health and safety right? Sensible risk management is about: > protecting workers and the public > balancing benefits and risks reducing risks that have serious consequences and those that come up more often > making sure that those who create risks manage them responsibly > helping people understand that, as well as having a right to protection, they have to take responsibility for themselves and others

23 What are the major health and safety issues in your authority? > Construction > Transport > Fire > Mental health problems > Musculoskeletal injuries > Waste management What can you do about these issues?

24 Remember > Health and safety is part of everything you do > Health and safety is relevant to every department in your authority, and to every activity

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